1934 - Today
John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor W. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John L. Hall has received more than 123,785 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). John L. Hall is the 193rd most popular physicist (up from 198th in 2019), the 888th most popular biography from United States (down from 724th in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Physicist.
John L. Hall is most famous for his work on the Hall-Petch equation, which is a mathematical formula that relates the elastic modulus of a material to its shear modulus.
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Among physicists, John L. Hall ranks 193 out of 721. Before him are Joseph Rotblat, Polykarp Kusch, Charles H. Townes, Sheldon Lee Glashow, Richard E. Taylor, and Vitaly Ginzburg. After him are Willis Lamb, Nicolaas Bloembergen, Melvin Schwartz, Freeman Dyson, Louis Néel, and Claude-Louis Navier.
1908 - 2005
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 187
1911 - 1993
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 188
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 189
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 190
1929 - 2018
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 191
1916 - 2009
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 192
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 193
1913 - 2008
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 194
1920 - 2017
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 195
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 196
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 197
1904 - 2000
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 198
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 199
Among people born in 1934, John L. Hall ranks 45. Before him are Per Olov Enquist, Larisa Latynina, Brian Epstein, Ronald Wayne, Niklaus Wirth, and Stanislav Shushkevich. After him are Louise Fletcher, Jan Švankmajer, Eduard Khil, Mohamed Farrah Aidid, John Surtees, and Jonas Savimbi.
1934 - 2020
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 39
1934 - Present
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 40
1934 - 1967
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 41
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 42
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 43
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 44
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 45
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 46
1934 - Present
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 47
1934 - 2012
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 48
1934 - 1996
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 49
1934 - 2017
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 50
1934 - 2002
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 51
Among people born in United States, John L. Hall ranks 888 out of 15,968. Before him are Keith Haring (1958), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Martin Seligman (1942), Robert Rauschenberg (1925), Daniel Keyes (1927), and Robert Solow (1924). After him are Ray Tomlinson (1941), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Richard Crenna (1926), Eliot Ness (1903), Cyndi Lauper (1953), and William P. Murphy (1892).
1958 - 1990
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 882
1913 - 1994
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 883
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 884
1925 - 2008
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 885
1927 - 2014
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 886
1924 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 887
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 888
1941 - 2016
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 889
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 890
1926 - 2003
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 891
1903 - 1957
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 892
1953 - Present
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 893
1892 - 1987
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 894
Among physicists born in United States, John L. Hall ranks 32. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), George E. Smith (1930), Leon M. Lederman (1922), Roy J. Glauber (1925), Charles H. Townes (1915), and Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932). After him are Willis Lamb (1913), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Philip Warren Anderson (1923), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), and James Cronin (1931).
1921 - 2011
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 26
1930 - Present
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 27
1922 - 2018
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 28
1925 - 2018
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 29
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 30
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 31
1934 - Present
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 32
1913 - 2008
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 33
1932 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 34
1923 - 2020
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 35
1903 - 1995
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 36
1911 - 2008
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 37
1931 - 2016
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 38